Europe Today
Food prices could spike, if nothing done to tackle fertilizer crisis
The fertilizer crisis caused by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is tripling costs for farmers. “Less fertilizers means less production for wheat. That’s the basis for bread,” warns COPA President, Massimiliano Giansanti.
Europe News
A new Haber–Bosch moment: Europe must rethink fertiliser production
Europe must reinvent fertiliser production to cut agriculture's reliance on fossil fuels and protect jobs in industrial regions, writes Magnolia Tovar, a chemical engineer and expert at a climate innovation think tank, in an opinion piece for Euronews.
Qatar
The Iran war could trigger deeper economic fallout than markets expect
Beyond the battlefield, the Iran war is exposing fragile economic chokepoints from energy routes to fertilisers and industrial gases, raising concerns among economists that supply disruptions could shape global prices and trade long after the conflict ends.
World News
Euroviews. Amid global food crisis, we need to turn over a new leaf on coca
Allowing international trade of coca products, including its use as an organic fertiliser, could play a significant role in addressing the food insecurity crisis, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Diego Garcia Devis argue.